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Stanley Pranin’s “Zone Theory of Aikido”

25 Online lessons to challenge your thinking on the fundamentals of aikido!

Hi, I’m Stanley Pranin here to tell you about my new online video course, the “Zone Theory of Aikido”. You know I’ve been involved in Aikido for more than 50 years. To tell the truth, Aikido has been my life. I can’t think of a better discipline to train well-rounded, fit people with excellent self-defense skills.

That being said, I believe we still have a long way to go to develop more refined teaching methodologies to accelerate students’ advancement in the art. What do I mean? Well, I travel frequently in Aikido circles and train with practitioners of many different styles. I’ve found similar training patterns regardless of the approach to Aikido. I consider one of the biggest hurdles to improving one’s skills is the almost universal tendency to resort to physical strength in attempting to make techniques work.

When aikido practitioners get stuck, they tense up and try to force their way through the technique. I see this everywhere I go. For many years, I experienced the same thing in my own training. Only recently, have I been able to discover ways of using the body as a unified structure when applying techniques. What a difference this has made!

This has been a liberating discovery that has allowed me to totally rethink my way of approaching the execution of techniques. My techniques work now, consistently, even against training partners of superior strength. This has never happened before!

In the “Zone Theory of Aikido” video course consisting of 25 lessons, I’m going to walk you through this innovative approach to doing aikido. I will show you ways of using your body more efficiently. I will explain the importance of positioning, balance-breaking… how to use atemi, kiai, and O-Sensei’s hitoemi stance to give you a tremendous advantage in practice. I look forward to sharing this whole new world of training principles and strategies with you.

Readers will be able to access the 25 lessons of the “Zone Theory of Aikido” online and also download their computing device. This offer is available for the special price of $47.

Women’s Self-Defense: “The Weaker Sex Rules Again!”

Another delightful old newsreel clip from British Pathe in the mid-1930s featuring May Whitley and “The Bandit” demonstrating women’s self-defense. Here is an example of the jujutsu instruction that was available in the UK at that time brought over by some of the early Japanese teachers. May’s English is impeccable!

Another delightful old newsreel clip from British Pathe in the mid-1930s featuring May Whitley and “The Bandit” demonstrating women’s self-defense. Here is an example of the jujutsu instruction that was available in the UK at that time brought over by some of the early Japanese teachers. May’s English is impeccable! Filmed in the Trocadero Restaurant in London.